Since the dawn of democracy in SA, Treasury has flexed its muscles. But it has been a source of division for the ANC and its allies.
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WORKING PAPER | JANUARY 2016State-Building in South Africa after Apartheid: The History of the National Treasury The National Treasury is a pivotal institution in South Africa’s governance landscape. Portrayals of...
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Download the full text By Joel Pearson, Sarita Pillay and Tracy Ledger, for the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice The euphoria surrounding the historic...
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REPORT | 2015Hollowing out the local state: Managerialism and Skills in the Water Sector In large parts of South Africa, the management of municipal water and sanitation is in crisis....
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Power groups’ preferred political projects will ultimately decide on whose terms corruption is fought, writes Ryan Brunette
LONG ESSAY | OCTOBER 2012The Politics of Corruption: Two Competing Definitions "In this paper I defend three hypotheses about corruption in South Africa, namely that: the measure of corruption in...
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COMMISSIONED RESEARCH | AUGUST 2012Diagnostic Research Report on Corruption, Non-Compliance and Weak Organisations The Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) commissioned PARI to perform diagnostic research on the phenomenon of state corruption...
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LONG ESSAY | FEBRUARY 2012Transforming racial bureaucracy: New Public Management and public sector reform in contemporary South Africa This article provides an illustration of the complex and fraught work of...
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SHORT ESSAY | MAY 2011Design flaws in CIPRO: ambivalence to the New Public Management in South Africa Based on in-depth interviews with senior DTI and CIPRO staff, PARI considered the...
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SHORT ESSAY | MAY 2011Beyond the popular discourse: capacity constraints in the public sector There is an aspect of politics of transformation that has not attracted the attention it deserves—the...
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